Township of Pocono, PA Mobile Home Parks

Each mobile home lot shall have a minimum area of 7,200 square feet for exclusive use of the occupants of the mobile home placed upon the lot.

Minimum lot widths shall be 60 feet and 75 feet for corner lots.

Each mobile home lot shall be defined by metes and bounds and shall be shown as such on the development plan, and markers shall be installed at each corner of every lot.

Density. The total number of lots in any mobile home park shall not exceed a density of four lots per acre of adjusted tract acreage. Density shall be calculated by calculating the adjusted tract acreage in accord with the requirements of residential conservation design in Chapter 470, Zoning, and dividing by four lots per acre.

Open space. The construction and maintenance of open space shall be the responsibility of the owner of the mobile home park.

Minimum requirement. All mobile home parks shall provide not less than 10% of the total land area for open space purposes which shall be improved and be accessible for recreational purposes to all resident families. The one-hundred-foot buffer strip around the perimeter of the mobile home park may count as part of the open space.

Usable space. Not less than 1/2 of the required open space shall consist of areas free of health and safety hazards and shall be of adequate size, shape, slope, soil type and other physical characteristics suitable for outdoor recreational use or be improved to ensure suitability for such use.

§ 390-65 Standards.

In addition to the other applicable standards contained in this chapter the standards in this § 390-65 shall apply to all mobile home parks.

Location.

Floodplain. A mobile home park shall not be located within a one-hundred-year floodplain area as defined by the Federal Flood Insurance Program.

Nuisances. The site of any proposed mobile home park shall be free from adverse influence by swamps, marshes, garbage or rubbish disposal areas or other potential breeding places for insects or rodents, and shall not be subject to any hazard or nuisance, such as excessive noise, vibration, smoke, toxic matter, radiation, heat, odor or glare.

Drainage; slopes. Mobile home sites shall be on well-drained land and shall not be located where the average natural slope of the area of the site intended for development exceeds 10%.

Mobile home sites. Each mobile home lot shall be improved to provide a permanent foundation for the placement and tie-down of the mobile home, thereby securing the structure against uplift, sliding, rotation and overturning. Mobile homes shall not be considered placed on a permanent foundation unless the wheels have been removed and the home is resting on concrete piers to the frost level, a foundation of poured concrete, block construction or a concrete slab.

Site grading; stability. Each mobile home lot shall be graded to provide a level, well-drained site. The mobile home site shall not heave, shift or settle unevenly under the weight of the mobile home, due to frost action, inadequate drainage, vibration or other forces acting on the superstructure.

Anchors. The mobile home site shall be provided with anchors and tie-downs, such as cast-in-place concrete deadmen, eyelets imbedded in concrete foundations or runways, screw augers, arrowhead anchors, or other devices securing the stability of the mobile home. Anchors and tie-downs shall be placed at least at each corner of the mobile home site, and each shall be able to sustain a minimum tensile strength of 2,800 pounds.

Skirting. All mobile homes shall be enclosed from the bottom of the mobile home to the ground or paving using industry-approved fire-resistant skirting material.

Soil and ground cover. Vegetation clearing and soil disturbance shall be minimized. All areas of a mobile home park disturbed during the development process and not covered by improvements shall be stabilized and protected with such vegetative growth as necessary to prevent soil erosion and the emanation of dust during dry weather. Such vegetation shall be maintained by the park owner in such condition as to provide continued soil protection.

Stormwater/drainage. Mobile home parks shall comply with the stormwater management requirements in § 390-50 and Chapter 365, Stormwater Management, and shall be designed to insure that all surface water is drained in a safe and efficient manner away from mobile home sites.

Setbacks, buffer strips and screening.

Overall property line setbacks. All mobile home sites shall be located not less than 100 feet from any existing public road right-of-way and other park property lines.

Interior setbacks. All mobile homes shall be located not less than 25 feet from the right-of-way of any park road, common parking area or other common area or structure, 20 feet from the rear lot line, and 15 feet from any side lot line.

Accessory structures. Accessory structures, including tool sheds, trash receptacles, patios, porches, garages and bike racks, may be erected within required setback areas, provided that no part of any accessory structure shall be located not less than 10 feet from any side lot line and front and rear setbacks are maintained as required for the mobile home.

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Buffers and screening. All mobile home parks shall be required to provide screening such as fences or plant materials along the property boundary line separating the park and any adjacent use. Plantings shall provide an effective screen to a height of five feet at the time of planting and an effective screen to a height of eight feet within five years. These buffer strips shall be properly maintained at all times.

Roads, parking and access.

Roads. Mobile home park roads shall be provided, designed and constructed in accord with § 390-48 based on the classification of the road and other applicable standards of this chapter. The Township shall not accept any mobile home park road for dedication.

Parking. To provide for emergency vehicle access, parking shall not be permitted on roads or drives within the mobile home park, but shall be restricted to designated parking areas either at each mobile home site or at a common location. Off-street parking for two motor vehicles shall be provided at each mobile home lot and off-street, common parking areas for additional vehicles of park occupants and guests shall be provided at a rate not less than one space per five mobile home lots. The spaces shall be a minimum of nine feet in width and 18 feet in length. These spaces shall be improved to a grade not greater than 8% and shall be paved with a minimum of four inches of stone base with two inches of Superpave 9.5 millimeter HMA Wearing Course.

Access. There shall generally be at least two points of ingress and/or egress in each mobile home park from any one public right-of-way (emergency accesses excepted) and all driveways to individual units along a public right-of-way shall front on an interior access drive.

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Lot frontage. Mobile home sites and parking spaces shall only have direct access to and frontage on the interior park road system. Mobile home sites and parking spaces shall not front or have access directly to public roads or to private roads passing through the mobile home park and providing access to other parcels or developments.

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Illumination. A lighting plan and lighting shall be provided in accord with § 390-56.

Utilities.

Water supply and sewage disposal. Mobile home parks shall be served by a central water supply and a central sewage disposal system as required by § 390-52 of this chapter; and connections shall be made to each mobile home lot and any other wastewater producing facilities in the mobile home park. No well or sewage disposal system shall be located on an individual mobile home lot.

Electric, telephone and cable television. All mobile home lots in proposed mobile home parks shall be provided with underground electric, telephone and cable television (if available) service. These service systems shall be installed and maintained in accordance with local service company specifications regulating such systems.